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Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP Partner Alexis L. Cirel Presents at the World Fertility Awards
Manhattan-based firm serves as a 2025 sponsor of the global event celebrating innovation and progress in fertility care

Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP (SSRGA), a leading full-service law firm with offices in New York City and South Florida, is pleased to announce that Alexis L. Cirel, Partner and Founder of the firm’s Fertility Law practice area, presented an award at the World Fertility Awards in New York City. Cirel had the honor of presenting The Future of Fertility Honorees, a category recognizing global leaders advancing innovation, access, awareness, and inclusion in reproductive health.
SSRGA also proudly served as a 2025 Sponsor of the awards, which convened patients, advocates, medical professionals, media voices, and industry innovators committed to transforming the future of family building around the world.
Hosted by pregnantish, the World Fertility Awards celebrate individuals and organizations driving meaningful progress in three major areas of modern fertility: Innovation & Technology, Access & Awareness, and Equity & Inclusion. This year’s event featured remarks from notable voices including Senator Cory Booker and journalist Jenna Wolfe, and brought together a global community working to advance fertility care and reduce the stigma surrounding infertility.
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“It was an honor to stand alongside so many leaders, advocates, friends, and colleagues who are reshaping family-building through assisted reproduction and breaking the stigma that still surrounds it.” said Cirel. “Infertility touches countless lives, yet far too often it’s carried in silence. I’m grateful to be part of a community that is moving this conversation forward with compassion, courage, and innovation.”
“Fertility law is one of the most rapidly evolving and consequential areas of modern legal practice,” said Steven Sladkus, Co-Founding and Managing Partner of SSRGA. “We are proud to have leaders like Alexis at the forefront, helping clients navigate some of the most meaningful and personal decisions of their lives.”
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A nationally recognized thought leader in fertility law, Cirel is known for her sophisticated counsel and compassionate approach. She was instrumental in the passage of New York’s landmark Child-Parent Security Act, which legalized compensated gestational surrogacy and has since become a national model.
Cirel’s practice spans all aspects of fertility law, including surrogacy, gamete donation, legal parentage, and embryo disposition. She is among approximately 200 attorneys in the United States designated as Assisted Reproductive Technologies Fellows of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys. In addition to her fertility law practice, she offers unique expertise at the intersection of family/matrimonial law and reproductive technology, particularly in matters involving embryo disputes and the marital presumption of parentage.
Under Cirel’s leadership, SSRGA’s Fertility Law team provides cutting-edge, comprehensive legal representation for every path to parenthood. The group delivers a concierge-level experience that often begins during the IVF clinical phase and continues through pregnancy and parentage establishment. SSRGA’s fertility law attorneys have played a critical role in modernizing the legal definition of family, securing legal recognition for families across the country and internationally. For more information on the Fertility Law Practice Area, visit https://fertilitylaw.ssrga.com/.
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About Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP (SSRGA)
With offices in New York City and Boca Raton, SSRGA is a full-service law firm with practice areas including real estate, real estate development, cooperative and condominium board representation, real estate-related and commercial litigation, health care, matrimonial, family law, appellate law, trusts and estates, probate administration, not-for-profit, corporate, landlord/tenant, financing, and intellectual property. For more information, visit SSRGA.com.